- Claes Borgström
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Claes Gustaf Borgström (born 21 July 1944 in Stockholm) is a Swedish lawyer and Social Democratic politician.
Education and career
Borgström earned a law degree from Stockholm University in 1974.[1] Thereafter he started to work as a lawyer. He has worked on several high-profile criminal cases, most notably as a defence counsel for convicted mass murderer Thomas Quick.[2] As Thomas Quick's attorney, it was questioned whether he had neglected to protect his mentally disturbed client's objective interests in being judged not guilty.[3]
Between 2000 and 2007, Borgström was appointed by the Swedish government as the Equality Ombudsman (JämO).[1]
In 2007 he quit to start a law firm with former Social Democratic Minister for Justice Thomas Bodström as partner.[4]
Since 2008 he is also the Swedish Social Democratic Party's spokesperson on gender equality issues.[5]
Borgström has often attracted attention with a series of controversial proposals and moves. He claims that all men carry a collective guilt for violence against women, and has in this context supported Gudrun Schyman's "Tax on Men".[6]
He also attracted attention in March 2006 when he demanded that Sweden boycott the 2006 World Cup in Germany "in protest against the increase in the trafficking in women that the event is expected to result in".[7]
In 2010 Borgström successfully appealed the decision to close the sexual assault case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and became the legal representative for the two Swedish women.[8]
Personal life
Borgström married his former colleague Märit Borgström (née Röger) in 2007.[9] He has three children from an earlier marriage.[10] He is the brother of journalists Annette Kullenberg and Kerstin Vinterhed.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Advokat Claes Borgström" (in Swedish). Borgström & Bodström advokatbyrå. http://www.advbyra.se/lawyer.php?id=1. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ Borgström, Claes (15 April 2010). "”Jag anmäler mig själv till advokatsamfundet”" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. http://www.dn.se/debatt/jag-anmaler-mig-sjalv-till-advokatsamfundet-1.1077200. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
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- ^ Sörbring, Gunnar (31 March 2007). "Claes Borgström slutar som JämO" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/claes-borgstrom-slutar-som-jamo-1.538196. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ Olsson, Lova (8 April 2008). "”Döm sexköpare till fängelsestraff”" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. http://www.svd.se/nyheter/politik/valet2010/dom-sexkopare-till-fangelsestraff_1107197.svd. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ SVT
- ^ Sida på JämOs webbplats
- ^ Hosenball, Mark (25 August 2010). "Lawyer for Women Accusing WikiLeaks Founder Maintains Charges of Sexual Misconduct". Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/08/25/lawyer-for-women-accusing-wikileaks-founder-maintains-charges-of-sexual-misconduct.html. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ a b Mattsson, Åsa (4 July 2007). "Claes Borgström: ”Jag spelade både fotboll och klippte klippdockor”" (in Swedish). Salong K. http://www.salongk.se/artiklar/import/2007/7/4/1320/index.xml. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ Thunberg, Karin (29 November 2009). "Jämt jämställd" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/claes-borgstrom-i-sondagsintervjun-jamt-jamstalld_3864331.svd. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
Preceded by
Lena Svenaeus[citation needed]Swedish Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
2000–2007Succeeded by
Anne-Marie Bergström[citation needed]Categories:- 1944 births
- Living people
- People from Stockholm
- Swedish lawyers
- Stockholm University alumni
- Ombudsmen in Sweden
- Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians
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